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The Illusion at Le Mans

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Way back in the middle ‘80s, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, I read a wonderful book “Sports Illusion, Sports Reality” by Leonard Koppett. He rightly argued that fan interest waned and even disappeared unless promoters created the illusion that it mattered who won…

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Colton Herta on Getting Home, Tinkering & Drumming

IndyCar Mid-Ohio2 Winner Colton Herta found time for The Freak Nation while driving back to Indianapolis after his win Sunday in Central Ohio. Herta dominated the win and it seems the only times he gets on the IndyCar podium is when he wins. Sunday was his third in IndyCar and it came after the fourth…

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